Blue Ribbon Health & Wellness Planning Team

Sarah Nail, MA Community Outreach Coordinator, Bothwell Regional Health Center Megan Webb, MPH Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension

A planning team is born

● Established in 2005 and is a subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Plan Steering Committee  Mission: To provide leadership in securing comprehensive health & wellness education, information, and services across the continuum of care.

 Vision: Our vision is for a community, who shares responsibility to become the premier model of a healthy community by embracing lifestyles of wellness.

Who are we?

 Members of the planning team are:         

John Dawes, President & CEO, BRHC Cheri Heeren, Exec. Director, PCCP JoAnn Martin, Administrator, PCHC Donna Weston, President BHECU Amy Carr, RN, Nurse Instructor, SFCC Chris Stewart, CEO, KTCH Mary Lou Shane, Pettis Co. Health Center Pat Sturgis, Sedalia District 200 Schools Jeanean Sieving, PCHC

● Planning team subcommittees: Healthcare Professions Recruitment and Retention Group, Adolescent Health Coalition, Breastfeeding Coalition, Clean Air Sedalia and Healthy Living Action Group

How we work

Blue Ribbon Steering Committee Arts & Rec Economic Dev.

Health & Wellness Education Local Government Social Services Provider Recruitment & Retention Adolescent Health Coalition Breastfeeding Coalition Clean Air Sedalia Healthy Living Action Group

Health & Wellness Planning Team

● Hosts annual health summit ● ● ● 7 to date Topics included tobacco use, childhood obesity, adolescent risky behaviors and Affordable Care Act Several of the task groups were created based on feedback from health summits  Hosted stakeholder meetings with business leaders, educators, physicians and healthcare providers, and social service agencies to gain feedback on their understanding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform)

Healthcare Professions Recruitment and Retention Group

● Members include hospital CEO, CEO of FQHC, hospital medical staff coordinator and mostly community members (insurance agent, banker, city director, etc.). ● Objective: Recruit and develop health-care providers to meet the needs of the communities we serve. ● Accomplishments: o

Hosts Doctor’s Day appreciation events

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Planning a welcome party for new providers

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Provide personalized experiences for prospective physicians during site visits.

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Net of 20 new providers and 12 minority health professionals recruited to Sedalia/Pettis County in the past year.

Adolescent Health Coalition

Objective: To enable adolescents and parents to access information to help adolescents develop healthy lifestyles

Adolescent Health Coalition

● Starting with the health summit in October 2012, the Adolescent Health Coalition has held meetings with parents and guardians to provide educational materials and tools for communicating with their teens ● Develop and deliver a school based sexual health education program for 9-12 grade students ● For the 2012-2013 school year, the AHC plans to provide programming to the Sedalia 200 and Northwest school districts ● Develop a half day prevention workshop for 7-9th graders on internet safety, impact of drug/alcohol use, and safety in personal relationships

Adolescent Health Coalition

 Started Start Now Talk Now website through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services  Billboards to advertise the website  Recognized through the Missouri Department of Mental Health to focus on suicide and drug abuse in adolescents  Arranged for a Megan Meier presentation for high school students  Working with the Missouri DHSS to become a provider for an evidence based pregnancy prevention program – Teen Outreach Program, developed by the Wyman organization

Breastfeeding Coalition

 Joined Health and Wellness Planning Team in March 2012  Members represent Early Head Start, Bothwell Regional Health Center, Birthright, LaLeche League, Pettis County Health Center, midwife from private practice, and SFCC nursing faculty  Activities:     Developed a breastfeeding resource guide for the county Started a local LaLeche League Group for mother-to-mother breastfeeding support Made and distributed breastfeeding cover-ups to new mothers Started the Mother-Friendly Workplace Initiative

Clean Air Sedalia

A coalition of community organizations, agencies, and individuals working together through education and empowerment to promote smoke-free indoor air and tobacco-free lifestyles

Clean Air Sedalia

● Presented to Sedalia City Council about the effects of second-hand smoke ● Contacted most council members individually  Made presentations to local restaurants and bars recognizing them as tobacco-free establishments  Purchased lighted signs to highlight tobacco free restaurants and businesses throughout Sedalia

Clean Air Sedalia

● Surveyed likely voters to determine the interest in an indoor smoking ban – 61% in favor of a smoke free law.

● Collected signatures in favor of a smoke-free ordinance ● Received support from ACT Missouri to purchase banners to be placed around the community promoting stopping tobacco use.

● Billboard on highway 50 ● Sedalia Parks have now become smoke free in designated areas

Healthy Living Action Group

● Objective: Inspire and motivate the Pettis County community to make lifestyle changes that result in weight loss, and create a culture where healthier choices are encouraged ● Members represent Bothwell, Katy Trail Community Health, Pettis County Health Center, Pettis County Community Partnership, Boys & Girls Club of West Central Missouri

Healthy Living Action Group

● Started in January 2012, after two years of planning ● 12 students selected from 142 applicants ● Students must share with others about their weight loss journey through media, blogging and social media

Healthy U Results

 540 pounds lost to date  10 of 12 have lost more than 10 percent of their starting weight  Tracking BMI, inches lost, physical fitness (flexibility, balance, agility, push-ups, sit-ups), blood pressure, cholesterol, Hemoglobin A1c,  Students have indicated their immediate family members have experienced weight loss as well https://www.facebook.com/HUPettisCounty/app_20335173967 7351

Healthy U Community Components

 Moving 101  Cooking demonstrations  Restaurant items  Community Support Group  Textbook http://issuu.com/bgckids/docs/hupettiscounty_textbook  Community Contest   75 registered Dozen lost 60 pounds in the first 3 weeks

Health and Wellness Planning Team

● Focus on health literacy and health care delivery system ● Continued support and growth of task groups, and identify any gaps

Questions?

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